An Empirical Overview of Women Empowerment in India

Abstract

Bringhman Young says "You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman you educate a generation.”By this we can easily tell that women are the root of any society. This paper examines that how a woman is important to the future of the society and the empowerment of women is very much linked with bank linkage programme. SHGs are playing crucial role in this regard. In this research paper we will try to establish a logical relationship between literacy and women empowerment at large. At first we will discuss the graphical presentation of data related to India and after that we will position West Bengal among that. Recent time West Bengal implement various schemes by which the Government give inspiration to women at their work. The heavy impact on the social status of the rural women becoming bread earners of their family through SGHs.

Introduction: Though Indian society is still governed by men but female has immense effort to build a complete society. If we consider a bud which has its stalk men are playing that role in every society. And the women are the petals of that bud by which bud can show its beauty to us. Thus men as well as women co-operate with each other to the prosperity of the society. Women are inherent part of our society so we cannot neglect them because of less power. The basic ingredient of our society is women. First of women make a family. Family makes a home and finally home makes a society. A society cannot exist without education. If we go through the education procedure we can see that a child's best school is a mother's lap. Indian constitution states about Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Indian government has expressed a strong commitment towards education for all; however India still has one of the lowest female literacy rates in Asia. This low level of literacy not only has a negative impact on women's lives but also on their families' lives and on their country's economic development. Numerous studies show that illiterate women have very low earning capacity that is why they have a little autonomy within the household. The Indian government's commitment to education is stated in its constitution with an article promising "free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of 14”.Women's movement and worldwide network is giving an added advantage to women empowerment.